The View Point

Earlier this year, News24 in partnership with Adcock Ingram OTC spearheaded a campaign looking for the ordinary South African healthcare providers including pharmacists, nurses and doctors doing extraordinary work in their communities. The Sponsors of Brave campaign was meant to celebrate these unsung heroes of brave, professionals who walk the extra mile attending to the medical and healthcare needs in their communities making a real impact.
The winners have been announced, we catch up with them and we also find out how South Africans relate with their pharmacists.

Guest: Yudhveer Singh - Financial Director of Adcock Ingram

Guest: Dr Hugo Tempelman - Judges Choice Award

Guest: Nontutu Sibango - Readers’ Choice Award

The Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), in partnership with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), have introduced a National Youth Resilience Initiative (NYRI) to support and promote the psychosocial well-being and resilience of youth in South Africa.

The objectives of the National Youth Resilience Initiative are to highlight the issue of the psychosocial well-being and resilience of young people during and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Guest: Dr Bernice Hlagala – Acting Chief Director Youth Development at the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Analysts, economists and industry experts have highlighted shortfalls in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) during the Covid-19 pandemic. There was even a High Court judgment which declared some Covid-19 regulations unconstitutional and invalid.
Some of the interventions to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 have had a serious impact on human rights and the rule of law and their alignment with the Constitution.

Guest:Tessa Dooms - Social Activist AND Director of Jasoro Consulting

Guest: Dr Sharron McPherson

Guest: Irene Charnley - President of @IWFglobal

Guest: Amb Nomatemba Tambo

Guest:Lucien Rakgoale - Head of Land Assembly at @the_hda

Guest: Nkosi

Today marks day three of Corporate Wellness Week - an opportunity for the raising of awareness surrounding the need to create a healthy work environment. Corporate wellness is an integral component of the work environment. In an unhealthy work environment, there is decreased productivity, higher absenteeism, poorer work ethic and even less safety in the workplace.
In a time of a global pandemic where employee wellbeing has taken on a whole new meaning, Dr Tshdi Gule, urges employees to safeguard their wellness in this 'new' way of working, and particularly stresses the importance of mental health.

Guest: Dr Tshidi Gule - Founder of the MediSpace Lifestyle Institute

It is globally recognised that the destruction of firearms, ammunition and firearm parts is the only way to guarantee that these are not leaked through loss, theft, fraud or corruption into the illegal pool of weapons. Global experience also shows that firearms, ammunition and firearm parts in storage awaiting destruction are particularly vulnerable to being diverted. South Africa’s own experience confirms this risk as in the example of ex-colonel Prinsloo who was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for selling confiscated and surrendered guns, including guns handed in during amnesties, to Western Cape gang leaders.

Guest: Adèle Kirsten - Director: Gun Free South Africa